Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-22
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
SENATE


In tue Senate Monday, Immediately after
the reading OF the Journal OF Thursday, Mr..
Hoar offered q resolution naming the Sena
tors to constitute the standing committees
for the Fiftieth Congress- The resolution was
adopted. A similar resolution, naming the
Senators to constitute the select committees,
was also offered by Mr.. Hoar and adopted. A
large number Of miscellaneous petitions
were then received and the introduction Of
bills commenced. To graft lands In several
tyto Indians in Dakota; bill for
the issue Of coin certificates;
to reform the land laws,
to provide new basis of national bank circu-
lation; to apply the Treasury surplus tc
purchasing bonds; the dependent pen sion bill
endorsed by the G.. A. r; for the issue of coin
certificates; to restrict immigration; to estab-
lish Bureau OF Fine arts; to pension the
the widow of Gen. Logan; to prohibit
employmentof of convict labor on public works;
to amend the Interstate commerce law; to
repeal the civil service law; to amend Sec
ton of the Interstate Commerc, law.
Tuesday, Mr.. Morrill,, from the Committee
on Finance, reported back Senate bill to
credit and pay to the several States and Ter
ritories and to the District of Columbia, all
moneys collected under the direct tax act of
9Th of August, 1861. Mr.. Ingalls, introduced
bills to remove the limitation in the payment
of arrears of pensions; granting arrears in
certain cases to those pensioned by special
acts Of Congress Other bills were intro
duced, among thom the following: For the
! preservation of the woods and forests adja-
cent the sources of navigable rivers and their
affiuents. Constitutional amendment for the
extension of the Congressional term till the
last Tuesday in April, To anne I'd the Inter
State Commerce act Also for the establish
ment and operation of United States Postal
Telegraph. Opening the great Sioux reser-
vatiOn in Nebraska to settlement
The Senate devoted some time Thursday to
| hstenin ng to speech by Senator Stewart in
support of bis bill, which provides for the
| deposit at the United States mints of gold
and silver bullion, the discontinuance Of gold
coinage, the issue of coin certificates and the
destruction of outstanding certificates He
argued that if silver was no longer used as
money its production would cease and the
| production of gold would diminish one-third
by tbs loss of the gold obtained from silver ore.
HOUSE.
A large number of Executive c0mmunlca-
tions were laid before the House Tuesday by
the Speaker, and appropriately referred; and
then, at 1910, the House took recess until
| o'clock. After recess, Speaker Carlisle, hav-
| ing called Mr.. Mills, of Texts, to the Chair,
| Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, offered a resolution
declaring that the following nam.d gentlemen
shall constitute the Committee on Elections:
Messrs. Crisp, Chairman; O'Farrall, Outh-
| waite Barry, Maish, Heard, Johnson of North
Carolina; O'Neill, of Indiana; Moore. Rowell,
Houk, Cooper, Lyman, johnson, of Indiana;
and Lodge. The resolution was unanimously
adopted. The Speaker having resumed the
chair directed all papers in the various con-
tested election cases to be referred to the COM
| mittee just elected, and then the House. al
1:lO, adjourned until Friday.
In the House, Monday, number Of execu-
tive communications, principally relative to
private land claims in New Mexico, were
laid before the House by the Speaker
and appropriately referred. Mr.. Springer,
of Illinois, presented the case of Owen G.
Chase, who claims to be elected delegate
from the Territory Of Cimarrou, commonly
known as the Public Land Strip After con-
siderable discussion, the resolution and petit
ton were laid upon the table. Mr.. Burrows
of Michigan, offered resolution requesting
the Secretary of War to cause an examina-
tion to be made of the harbor of st. Joseph
Michigan, with view to finding what furth
er improvements are there needed. Refer
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